Project Management for Technology Professionals

Course Type: Instructor Led
Estimated Time of Completion: 5 days
Language: English

Description:
Hands-on, highly interactive course designed to provide practicing project managers and team members' essential skills for managing projects. This course covers all aspects of project management from startup to closeout. Participants will learn how to structure and plan a project, how to form the team, how to monitor and control the project, assess risk, and much more. This seminar consists of lecture and exercises and is designed to be interactive and informal. Includes a class book for each student.

Course Topics

• Teams and organizations
• Project Charter
• Business Case
• Kickoff
• Project Plan
• Scope
• WBS
• Estimating
• Task relationships
• Scheduling
• Communication
• Baseline
• Change control
• Closing

Course Objectives

By the end of this course the student will:

• Understand the benefits of project management and the role of key participants
• Understand the responsibilities and characteristics of a project manager
• Understand leadership in project management and the challenges of project team building
• Understand the importance of project planning
• Learn how to define scope and gather requirements
• Learn how to develop a good work breakdown structure
• Learn how to develop a project schedule
• Learn how to control a project from a time and cost standpoint
• Learn how to monitor a project and manage change
• Learn how to report project status
• Understand the importance of the procurement process
• Learn how to assess scope and schedule risk
• Understand the behavioral side of project management
• Understand the benefits of lessons learned
• Understand effective project communication and learn tips for managing expectations
• Understand prioritization and when to escalate